Nothing brightens up a day like receiving an unexpected package. This afternoon, as I turned the just-arrived FedEx shipment over and over in my hands, I thought of all the things it could be. Perhaps a friend was sending me the first season of “Lost” on DVD as a belated …

Royal Mail announces plans to close 57 post offices across Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and County Durham. More: continued here

BEIJING, July 1 (Reuters) – Package delivery company FedEx Corp has lowered its rates in the fiercely competitive Chinese market despite higher fuel prices. More: continued here

Forty-eight post offices across Shropshire and Staffordshire are to close, the Post Office has said. More: continued here

BBC News Lost in the Amazon forest of Post Office statementBusiness Day, South Africa –2 hours agoTHE Post Office has tried to play down the fact that Amazon.com has boycotted its services, by staging a press briefing to present that facts the way it …Closure threat to 57 post officesBBC Newsall 2 …

PARIS – A French court on Monday ordered the online auction giant eBay to pay 38.6 million euros, or $61 million, in damages to the French luxury goods company LVMH, in the latest round in a long-running legal battle over the sale of counterfeit goods on the Internet. More: continued …

Royal Mail must get leaner without leniency, warns PostcommPrintWeek, UK –1 hour agoRoyal Mail should reduce costs and look to more competitive prices for their customers, UK postal industry regulator Postcomm has said. …Post office staff vote to strike in LymmWarrington Guardianall 2 news articles More: continued here

To continue its support of the customer publishing industry in an increasingly competitive advertising landscape Royal Mail has worked with Association of Publishing Agencies (APA) and Millward Brown to analyse the impact of these three key variables on reader engagement. More: continued here

Man gets 2 years for using bogus checks on eBaySt. Louis Post-Dispatch,  United States –17 hours agoBy Robert Patrick A Nebraska man who bought almost $70000 in stamps from post offices across the country and then sold them on eBay was sentenced in federal …law & orderSt. Louis Post-Dispatchall 2 news …

Stamps.com wins patent suit waged by Kara Tech.CNNMoney.com –8 minutes agoNEW YORK (Associated Press) – Stamps.com said Tuesday a jury has found the online postage retailer's NetStamps product does not infringe on the patents of … More: continued here